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8:30 PM ET, July 30, 2011

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Seung Min Kim / The Politico:
Pelosi: Boehner went to ‘dark side’  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi didn't mince words on Speaker John Boehner's efforts on the debt ceiling, whipping out a Star Wars reference on the House floor Saturday.  —  Instead of working out a compromise with Democrats, she said on the House floor …
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
GOP leaders ‘fully engaged’ with W.H. on debt deal  —  Top Republicans in the House and Senate say they have spoken with the White House Saturday and are “fully engaged” in trying to reach a compromise on the debt ceiling.  —  “It should be clear ... that Senator McConnell and I believe …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The trigger that could lead to a debt deal  —  It's all going to come down to the trigger.  —  Look closely at the Reid and Boehner bills.  The first round of cuts are pretty much the same.  The joint congressional committee charged with recommending further deficit reduction is pretty much the same.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Democrats enforce filibuster against their own debt bill  —  Senate Republicans want a 60-vote threshold for a debt-limit bill to pass the chamber, but it's actually Democrats who are enforcing the filibuster on their own legislation, insisting on delaying a vote until 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell:
43 Senators Sign Letter Opposing The Reid Bill  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following letter is signed by 43 Republican Senators.  In it they encourage the Majority Leader 'to abandon this reckless proposal and instead pursue a more responsible course of action.  —  The full text of the letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid is below.
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Forty-three GOP senators pledge opposition to Reid debt-ceiling plan  —  Forty-three GOP senators on Saturday signed a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) expressing opposition to his debt-ceiling legislation currently being considered in the upper chamber.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
‘Fully engaged’ McConnell expresses optimism on debt deal  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Saturday he and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) are fully engaged with the White House on a debt deal and expressed optimism an agreement will be reached.
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
The Note:
Reid Dismisses GOP Letter Against His Bill, Says His Bill Is ‘Only Game In Town’  —  ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports:  —  Moments before being summoned to the White House this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., declared that his bill is still “the only game in town,” …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
CNN:
House rejects Reid debt plan as deadline looms
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
As Congress Nears Debt Limit Endgame, Attention Turns to a Trigger
Discussion: Open Congress
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Days after lauding McConnell, Democratic leaders rip him
Discussion: The Caucus and Connecting.the.Dots
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Senate headed for critical debt vote Sunday
The Politico:
Washington's warring weekend: Dueling votes, parties and loyalties
Discussion: Bearing Drift and Speaker
The Hill:
Reid alters debt plan to win GOP support
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Kyl: Dems using debt debate for ‘much broader tax increases’
Discussion: The Note, CNN, Hullabaloo and Liberal Values
Paul Krugman:
Very Serious Suckers  —  Jonathan Chait has an excellent piece documenting the way in which what he calls the establishment, and I call Very Serious People, misjudged the way the debt ceiling thing would play out: … He then goes on to show how the usual suspects — the WaPo editorial page …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Rep. McCotter calls for a truce between Republicans, Tea Party  —  Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.), a Republican presidential candidate, called Saturday morning for Republicans and the Tea Party to stop fighting and work together to help save the country, presumably from Democratic policies, although he was not specific.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Declaration of independents  —  August is upon us, beaches beckon and Michele Bachmann has set the self-improvement bar high.  She recently told The Wall Street Journal, “When I go on vacation and I lay on the beach, I bring von Mises.”  The congresswoman may be the first person ever …
Discussion: Hit & Run
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Obama demands plan by Tuesday  —  Just days ahead of the Aug. 2 debt ceiling deadline and as partisan rankling continued on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama urged Congress to show him a plan that would divert the country from national default by Tuesday.
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The White House:
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Acting Responsibly on Behalf of the American People
Bloomberg:
Congress Deadlocked on Plan to Avert Default
Discussion: The Atlanta Post
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Obama: House Republicans wasted ‘precious days’ with Boehner plan
Paul Krugman:
The Corrosion of the Conservative Economic Mind  —  First Michael Boskin, now John Taylor: there seems be an epidemic of politically conservative economists who used to be technically competent repeating the obviously wrong falsehood that Reagan ushered in an era of “unprecedented” growth.
New York Times:
Farmers Oppose G.O.P. Bill on Immigration  —  PATTERSON, Calif. — Farmers across the country are rallying to fight a Republican-sponsored bill that would force them and all other employers to verify the legal immigration status of their workers, a move some say could imperil not only future harvests …
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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